Halls, aka south London's Sam Howard, makes broodingly minimal, soulful electronic music. Granted, in 2012 that doesn't exactly scream new and original, but there's something special about the way his songs are crafted that sets him apart. On Roses for the Dead – the second single from his forthcoming album Ark – everything seems to unfurl at just the right pace, layers of glitchy beats intertwining with warm organ chords while Howard's brilliantly blank vocals add an ominous tone to the whole thing. Around the two-minute mark, his voice opens up and is joined by a trembling string arrangement that leads the song into its beautiful, mainly instrumental final coda. Aware that a video featuring anything other than a slowly decaying human heart would make the whole thing seem too upbeat, Howard's decided to pair it with a video of a slowly decaying human heart, premiered here. You're welcome.